Back, far back, in the mists of time when the world was young, there was a Native American boy named Koda. He was the son of the tribal Leader, Wahya. Koda was a brawn, focused and intelligent 16-year old. He had the aura of a strong leader. Along with him were his little two little brothers, Cro` ma and Goshe. They all lived on an enormous land, coated with lush vegetation and swarmed with many animals. The land is surrounded by the endless water creating serene ripples as the radiant sun gleams its light across their home. Their village was called Croatoa.
One beautiful evening, Koda went exploring deep into the forest with Cro` ma and Goshe. “Brothers, we will practice our endurance. First, we must sprint straight until we see three large trees next to each other. Then we climb up, and grab the tree branch. Winner gets a special prize. Any questions?” exclaimed Koda. “Let’s start! Let’s start!” the brothers yelled in sync. “Alright, 1. 2. 3. GO!” said Koda. The three boys dashed at full throttle. Koda and Goshe were head to head in the race while, Cro` ma gave up half way. Koda and Goshe quickly arrived at the trees, and started climbing. While Goshe was climbing the tree slowly, Koda leaped on a tree branch, and flipped himself in the air. He caught onto another tree branch and flung himself up to the top like an ape. As soon at Koda reached to the peak, he snapped the branch off and screamed, “I won!” Both Koda and Goshe descended from the tree, waiting for Cro` ma to appear. Hours passed but he still didn’t show up. Koda and Goshe started getting worried and set out to search for him.
Few trails later, Koda noticed blood on the floor and Cro` ma’s warrior blade. While observing his surroundings, he noticed more drips of blood creating a path into a place he has never noticed before. Koda cautiously ventured into the mysterious path. Shrubs and tall grass appeared to be cut by a blade. Moments later, he saw smoke rise a few yards ahead of him. Koda climbed up the tree and was astonished by the sight. He saw a multitude of bizarre folks. There were a large group of weird men building strange structures. The women were settling in and the children were gathering supplies. Koda was puzzled by their pale white skin, their blue hypnotic eyes, and their peculiar clothing. However, he knew that they were evil because he noticed two men carrying a little boy with a knife protruding from his chest. Koda went in closer only to realize that it was his brother, Cro` ma! “Oh no Cro` ma. Noo-o-o-o!” Koda muttered solemnly. Koda then realized that it was no time for him to weep. “I must get these evil monsters away from my home!” Koda pondered. Koda hastily ran back to his brother, Goshe and warned him to stay in the village. Goshe then blurted, “But what about Cro…”Goshe gazed at his brother’s serious blood-shot eyes and knew that he shouldn’t question back.
Moments later, while Goshe returned to the village, Koda ran to the only place he could receive help from. The temple. Koda could have inquired the village about the situation but they were greatly suffering from their war with the neighboring Native Americans. Koda reached to the temple and quickly gathered the supplies to begin his ritual. Koda sat down, drew a magic circle and began chanting spiritual mantras. “Bakweri Balochi Balinese Baltic Bangala Bantu!” Koda chanted. Then Koda slit his palm and let the blood drip onto the circle. Pooof! A large cloud of smoke engulfed the temple and then when Koda opened his eyes, he was gazing into the eyes of his one only hope and it was the God of Storms, Haokoh!
“My young warrior, why did you summon me?” declared
Affects of Fairy Tales on Society Rianna Bixler Alleghany College of Maryland Abstract In the many years that fairy tales and stories have been told in history, it has helped us form traditions as well as morals and values. It has brought us history, as well as pure entertainment. Yet, as we look into society more and more, especially in America, it becomes more obvious as the years get closer to the present that fairy tales have been the basis for a few too many things, such as what we…
Chamber’ does not follow the precedent set for the fairy-tale genre. It explores themes that undermine our existing ideas of fairy-tales and how they are interpreted. Though they are not ‘versions’ of the fairy-tales as Carter states to the Guardian, she ‘extracted the latent content from traditional stories and to use it as the beginnings of new stories’ they do have elements of the traditional stories within their meaning. Generally fairy-tales follow a typical story line which explores various…
industry, included in this industry were many fairy tales written for entertainment and seemingly to relay obscure cultural messages. The fairy tales that our parents have read to us night after night and the Disney movies we all know and love. What we didn’t know was how the authors of these stories were strengthening the stereotypical gender performances and social constructions enforced by many institutions for hundreds of years. Males wrote of tales characterized by hopeless woman whose’ fates…
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condemning the murder of an innocent black boy. In addition, she also shows her belief that the white women should accept some responsibility for acts of violence executed in their name. Brooks exposes this through her ballad which can be viewed as a fairy tale that unravels and concludes with profound revelations. First, it is apparent that the entire poem is a narrative of Carolyn Bryant where she expresses her thoughts and emotions in regards to how she sees herself, her husband, and Emmett. Throughout…
English Extension Assessment 1 Preliminary HSC 2013 Brianna Chan FAIRY TALE SUBVERSION: EVERSWEET Once upon a time in the middle of spring, when wishes still came true, cars still zoomed, messages were sent and credit cards still swiped lived an educated divorced woman. She was all alone in a small suburban house, and in front of the house there was a garden with three peony bushes growing in it, one pink and the other two blue. The divorced woman, Belle had 3 children who resembled the peony…
Gender Roles in Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’? Within my essay I plan to discuss the comparisons and contrast between Angela Carter’s characters presented with the story and the traditional stereotypical gender roles presented by Perrault’s fairy tales. Since “Perrault drew the moral that female curiosity leads to retribution” [1] it is clear to see that the first change Carter has made to the gender roles is that female exploration of herself and the world around her both mentally and physically…
around) because its pages are blank and a magic ink forms letters and drawings. The book is empty because Ofelia creates her own fantasy. After reading over and over her old books, she's now prepared to write her own story. The insect mistaken for a fairy, is named as such by Ofelia herself (she initiated this fantasy by projecting her imagination onto a detail of the real world, the fantasy world doesn't come to her, she spells out the magic identity of a common insect). Pan orders 3 symbolic tasks…
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likely that most of them were either depicting a mother or a woman dressed a touch on the scandalous side. Modern day media portrays women in a negative light nowadays, and also setting high standards that are almost impossible to meet. Throughout history, women have always been seen as inferior to men and expected to fulfil their every desire. Every historical reference, from the Bible to an old western movie, teaches society to view women as incapable, helpless, and needing a man to come to her…